Bonfire Of Elf 'n' Safety: Cameron To Tear Up Regulations Which 'have Become A Music Hall Joke'

Sweeping changes to 'mad' health and safety rules which have put a massive burden

on British business and public services are to be unveiled by David Cameron.

The Prime Minister is set to unveil a bonfire of rules as well as declare war on the mushrooming compensation culture next month at his party's conference.

Police, teachers and ambulance workers will no longer face the risk of being sued for making common sense decisions because a whole slew of regulations on these groups will be lifted.

Mr Cameron will be tearing up Labour rules which have been blamed as having created a culture where somebody is to be blamed for each mishap.

A government source stated: 'The PM thinks the current health and safety rules are mad. The system needs drastic reform.

Also to be targeted are the ambulance-chasing law firms. There will be restrictions introduced on advertising and fees that personal injury lawyers can charge.

Also targeted are the ambulance-chasing law firms. There will be restrictions on advertising and fees that personal injury lawyers can charge.

As part of his plan to slash red tape, even 'low risk' work places such as offices will be subject to similar tough rules as factories.

A government source has said: 'The PM thinks the current health and safety rules are mad. The system needs drastic reform.

'What we are determined to see is a great extension of personal freedom, at the same time as a rolling back both of the state and the power of the courts.'

These changes are detailed in a report by Margaret Thatcher's former trade secretary Lord Young, whose forty recommendations will also be published at the Tory conference.

A barrage of legal cases that have made health and safety laws 'a music hall joke' are expected to be concluded by him.

Earlier this year, Mr Cameron explained to the Daily Mail that the health and safety obsession had 'encroached into various different parts of national life, whether it's stopping Bonfire Night or stopping an ambulance getting to an emergency. We need to deal with it all in a comprehensive way.

'We all want our children to have great experiences outside the classroom, whether it's visiting museums or farms or geography field trips or residential courses.

'We want all the things we had in our own childhood to be available today. There is a worry that it's becoming too difficult to do because there are too many forms to fill in, too many risks to assess.'

He also said: 'We do have a good record of health and safety at work in this country, and we have a low level of industrial accidents and that's important.

'You can deal with this problem without jeopardising that at all.

'The neurosis comes from excessive litigation fears, unclear law, mission creep, Europe, town halls. It's all of those things and we have to deal with each one. That's what we will do.'

The changes are aimed at exempting the emergency services from prosecution or lawsuits for the breach of health and safety laws when they take necessary action or risk their own safety in helping others or preventing crime. Part -time police officers also will be included in these rules.

It says that claims after 'Good Samaritan' situations which have resulted in individuals being sued for attempting to give first aid will no longer be considered by courts.

This will mean that individuals will no longer be able to be sued for causing personal injury through no fault of their own, when they had been trying to do the right thing, or had been trying to prevent somebody from injuring themselves.

A crackdown is likely on lawyers' 'no win, no fee' arrangements which encourage the taking on of speculative lawsuits by lawyers because they can demand huge costs from defendants such as the NHS in the event that they win.

There will be limitations on what personal injury law firms can say as well as on the type of advertising that they can engage in with regards to personal injury claims.

Other changes will mean that success fees that lawyers charge in 'no win, no fee' agreements will no longer be recoverable from defendants - they would instead take their cut from the pay out that the victim receives.

Judges would also have the power to cap the costs individual claimants can recover in cases arising from personal injury.

Lord Young also wants to see a reduction in the huge number of risk assessment forms that teachers are required to fill in before going on trips. Instead, a simple consent form will be signed by parents.

by:Nelly Hall

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